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Home » Beijing 2008, Snapshots

The Olympic Green (奥林匹克公园)

Written by on August 26, 2008 – 8:49 am10 Comments
The Bird Nest (鸟窝)

The Bird Nest (鸟窝)

Last Sat­ur­day, we finally got the chance to visit the Olympic Green. The olympic venues were scat­tered across the city, but the main ones were held at the National Sta­dium, the famous Bird Nest, and at the Water­cube.

Get­ting into the park itself was a bit more dif­fi­cult than planned: one those with tick­ets to an even that day could enter. For­tu­nately, we had tick­ets for track and field, which was held at the Bird Nest. We also went to the Clos­ing Cer­e­mony the fol­low­ing day.

The secu­rity wasn’t that tight. You just had to have the bags screened through an X-ray machine. Pretty much every­thing was okay to take but food and drinks, which were sold inside the sta­dium at nor­mal price any­way. No army guards every­where, no fin­ger­print­ing or God knows what.

The Olympic Green is huge. It’s located North of the city, linked to the brand new sub­way sys­tem which was improved a lot for the Olympics. The two main sights are of course the Water­cube and the National Stadium.

Close up Of The National Stadium

Close up Of The National Stadium

The Nest At Night

The Nest At Night

Media Tower

Media Tower

The Tower At Night

The Tower At Night

Olympic Tee Shirts

Olympic Tee Shirts

The Flame

The Flame

The Media Center and The Watercube

The Media Cen­ter and The Watercube

The Watercube At Night

The Water­cube At Night

The Bird Nest

The Bird Nest

The Stadium At Night

The Sta­dium At Night

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  1. The Olympic Clos­ing Ceremony (北京奥运会闭幕式)
  2. Old Bei­jing (老北京)
  3. Bei­jing By Night
  4. The Olympic Torch Relay In Ottawa (2÷2)
  5. Black­butt Reserve

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10 Comments »

  • Annie says:

    Great. Thanks Zhu! I was real keen on this Bird’s Nest. Every­thing looks so col­or­ful. Looks like China had every­thing well planned :)

    That nest is real cute. Do not you think Media Tower resem­bles Eif­fel Tower at night? Too lovely!!

    Hey I want those Tees. They are just too good!

  • Zhu says:

    @Max Coutinho — Hey Max… back from your hol­i­days? They are always too short, aren’t they?!

    @Lis of the North — China is a great place to take pic­tures ;-)

    @durano lawayan — I looked for him but I haven’t had a chance to spot Phelps — he is too quick anyway!

    @Aiglee — WE thought too, but it was much more relaxed than said before.

    @kevin — Oops… I’ll cor­rect that! Can I blame the mis­take on the fact it was late when I wrote the cap­tion? ;-)

    @Annie — It does look like the Eif­fel Tower, I noticed too! The tee shirt were expen­sive, I bought the fake ones at the park’s exit ;-)

  • Ghosty says:

    I was for­tu­nate enough to catch almost all the Olympics, but was espe­cially amazed at the open­ing and clos­ing cer­e­monies. All other things aside, spec­tac­u­lar. I do wish I could have been there. (I hold out hope for London.)

    Ghostys last great read…The Ben­e­fits of Solitude

  • Annie says:

    Hey was just jok­ing about tees. Good you got one at least as a remem­brance :D Do post a pic of your Tee :)

  • Graham says:

    Now my heart is really hurt­ing. This must have been one heck of an expe­ri­ence!!! I imag­ine the atmos­phere to be almost elec­tric… so many cul­tures com­ing together. I saw clips of the nest on TV and it looked spec­tac­ulr, your pho­tographs really sup­port this. I am glad that you had a won­der­ful time :)

    Gra­hams last great read…A lit­tle pre­view of where I live and work

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